# Steep Head, a headland of Christchurch

A named headland on the city’s coast, off Le Bons Bay.

Suburb: [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/le-bons-bay)

From the air, an aerial view of Steep Head: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=coast-steep-head (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay
- [Inside a kept landscape, HNC14.0 - Area of at least High Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Rural Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuBP
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 8 September 2010 · 4.3 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.736806&lon=173.124583&radius=250

## Around it

- [Katawa Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/katawa-head), coastal spot · 1.1 km
- [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/coast/le-bons-bay), coastal spot · 1.6 km
- [Poutākoro Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/poutakoro-head), coastal spot · 4.5 km
- [East Head](https://www.chch.live/coast/east-head), coastal spot · 6.7 km


## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Steep Head?**

A named headland on Christchurch’s coast, off [Le Bons Bay](https://www.chch.live/le-bons-bay), as the open map records it.

**Where exactly is Steep Head?**

The pin is OpenStreetMap’s own position for the headland, a bay’s pin sits on the water it names, a headland’s on the point. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position and the names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named bay or cape inside the city boundary (ODbL). A bay’s pin sits on the water it names; the dual names are recorded as the map carries them.
The page: https://www.chch.live/coast/steep-head
The whole coast as data: https://www.chch.live/coast.geojson
The waterways inland: https://www.chch.live/river